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Harris hawks, the wolf-packs of the air. Love 'em!!
Still wouldn't want one around my parrot, though. . .
"It's all the same to me, war or peace,
I'm killed in the war or hung during peace."
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wow. Those are beautiful birds.
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 Originally Posted by Dale Seago
Harris hawks, the wolf-packs of the air. Love 'em!!
Still wouldn't want one around my parrot, though. . .
That is very funny. You wouldn't want your parrot around my Biscuit either, Dale 
Meet Biscuit.
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Originally Posted by ThistleDown
Meet Biscuit.
Biscuit meat.
Mister McGoo
A Kilted Lebowski--Taking it easy so you don't have to.
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Love the pictures!
Brings to mind visiting a bird of prey center in Germany. For the show, there is a fellow that roves the stands among the audience and calls the birds to him. It swoops in above the heads of the audience and lands on his hand, about 12 inches above the spectators head! I was not in the flight path the first time we visited, but the next time we went I made sure I was in the right spot.
No experience like an eagle with a six foot wingspan coming in on you at 30 miles per hour and zooming in right over your head! But I didn't flinch, I was confident in the eagle.
Tom
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Originally Posted by A_Hay!
Love the pictures!
Brings to mind visiting a bird of prey center in Germany. For the show, there is a fellow that roves the stands among the audience and calls the birds to him. It swoops in above the heads of the audience and lands on his hand, about 12 inches above the spectators head! I was not in the flight path the first time we visited, but the next time we went I made sure I was in the right spot.
No experience like an eagle with a six foot wingspan coming in on you at 30 miles per hour and zooming in right over your head! But I didn't flinch, I was confident in the eagle.
Tom
Not quite an eagle, but here's the snap I got as an owl made a similar pass.
Proudly Duncan [maternal], MacDonald and MacDaniel [paternal].
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I had a similar opportunity about 18 years ago while staying at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, while it was under its previous management. The program has since been discontinued as it was not a "money maker" compared to the casino they have since installed. My experience was a full afternoon with the trainer and one falcon, one red tailed hawk, one bald eagle and one golden eagle--they had one owl as well but never got it out of its cage probably because it was a hot midday. Got to work the falcon and hawk on the course, while we only got to take pictures holding the eagles, which otherwise remained on their perches. I do have pictures but they are all hard copy (before I got digital by about 6 years) and tucked away somewhere in storage. It is cool how they manage them by wieght of the bird to know when they are "ready" to hunt and when NOT to let them off their restraints.
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